Parking everywhere, free and plenty Time: Sunrise to Sunset,…read moreplease be respectful of the surrounding nature Be on the quieter side, don't overstep or destroy the pathway, clean up after yourselves Right next to the Sutro Bath and the shorelines/beach, another great walk No reception, fair warning Dog friendly, wide smooth but has some rough rocky path here and there, but overall a "easy grade" walk

This is one of the many places I use as a landmark as I navigate this amazing piece of land. I…read morecome out here for my Morning Walk. I live at 41st/Anza so this is about 12 minutes each way. What a way to start the day! The look is towards the Golden Gate Bridge from the west. You can also check out the USS San Francisco Memorial. This is sort of the nexus between the Coastal and Lands End Trails respectively. Great views. You will find your 5G will not work out here as well. Get loaded up on the data you need is you get out in some of these beautiful trails. I always kick myself when I start a podcast when I am mid-way from Point Lobos to the Overlook. Not your average morning walk. I love it.

Look - You probably won't do much more than drive past this spot. I would hesitate to write a full…read morereview, but the one other review is posted by a cool Yelper with a ton of Street Cred as the SYOY game goes. This little patch across from Speckles Lake used to be overgrown. Thanks to the work of volunteers, there are plantings and it can be a little secluded picnic area. Restrooms right across the street on the west end of the lake. The flowers bloom occasionally. Sometimes it's fairly mundane. My one recommendation is that during the wet times of the year the lower areas get pretty swampy. But that is common in a lot of spots around GGP and Lands End. Thanks to Wilhelm for the original review. SYOY Player!

If you've ever taken part in a One Brick gardening project the chances are fairly high that you…read morealready know about or have worked on the maintenance of Rhododendron Island in Golden Gate Park. If you've driven past Spreckels Lake, run along the western end of John F. Kennedy Drive or have completed the entire San Francisco Bay to Breakers course you've probably seen Rhododendron Island without knowing it. Rhododendron Island sits on John F. Kennedy Drive and 36th Avenue sandwiched in between Spreckels Lake and the Golden Gate Park Equestrian Center. As the history of this patch of land goes it had always been a garden filled with a wide array of rhododendron varieties until City budget issues and neglect turned it into a forest of non-native plants, overgrown weeds and litter. Enter volunteer organization One Brick in the summer of 2003 whose volunteers assembled on site on a regular basis to clean up the patch of land, remove the plants that didn't belong and re-introduce different varieties of rhododendrons and azaleas. It took the volunteer group an entire year, but in the summer of 2004 they completed their project transforming this patch of land back to a garden filled with rhododendrons, azaleas and different tree species. Today, Rhodendron Island is one of the signature events for One Brick. There is a project nearly every month, rain or shine, where volunteers come out to help maintain the gardens, pull out new weeds, lay down weed cover, spread mulch, trim or remove unwanted plants. In my five years of volunteering through One Brick I have probably worked on the island over a dozen times and I've done all of the things listed at one time or another, but I did something two weekends ago that I had never done here before. It was a Saturday and rain was forecasted for that morning. About fifteen or so hearty volunteers including myself turned out. The skies were overcast but dry when we gathered. We noticed the drops of water slowly come down plopping onto the surface of Spreckels Lake across the street. The San Francisco Rec and Parks Department gardener told us he wanted us to prepare the land and help him plant some azaleas into the garden. In less than two hours under a steady rain our group of muddy, wet volunteers dug out weeds and unwanted grass patches and replaced them with 90 azalea plants of different varieties and different sizes. Ninety!! In the words of the gardener himself we were a planting machine, and had he not run out of plants we would have kept going as we were all quite enthusiastic about adding new life to the garden. Rhododendron Island is best to visit in late March or early April when many of the plants begin to flower. For me anyway it'll be interesting to see how many of our 90 plants survived. I've posted some photos taken in April, 2009.

Easily accessible via the Dry Creek parking nearby. There are several loops available. A lot of…read morepeople choose to stay on the main gravel trail, but you can also check out the dirt trails that take you uphill as well. Some tips below: -Parking. Dry Creek parking is perfectly fine but it can get packed. Try to get there before 12:00 to ensure you'll get a parking space. Also, do not leave any valuables in the car (as noted by the signs with this same exact warning). -The trails and preparations. There is a lot to explore here, so you can check some online resources to plan a route for yourself, or explore freely. I highly recommend bringing at least 2 liters of water if you are going on a 1.5 hour or longer excursion, because there are many spots on this trail where there is not a lot of covering. Snacks like trailmix, nuts, fruts, and sturdy breads (bagels) will be perfect for these trails. -Flora, Fauna, and Safety. You'll see magnificent hawks flying above and cows grazing on the fields. Do not disturb the cows. There can also be lots of dog traffic and occasional horseback riders. There is a warning for mountain lions as well as poisonous mushrooms. In short, be careful with young children around, and protect yourselves.

This is a 2.1 mile loop trail in the Berkeley Hills. The Berkeley parks people just finishing…read more"paving" the upper portion of this trail with bark, and clearing many of the paths. Its a fantastic hike that rewards you with amazing east and west views. If you do the full loop, you will experience an 860 elevation change throughout. So there are some slopes, but its still would rank as relatively easy. It is not suitable for mountain bikes. The trail is well marked, but make sure you have enough daylight to complete the loop. The loop takes about 50 minutes for me to complete. There's also an easily accessible bathroom 3/4 of the way through the loop that's maintained by the parks people. There is no water, so bring your own. And no cell phone coverage on the hike. Which is delightful!

Oh my God it's like we had our own little private park it's really huge out nowhere in the middle…read moreof Golden Gate Park. The sun was out we had shade few people had their little doggies there was a cute little baby was a great birthday party, I had so much fun few people walk through even though they didn't know there was a private party going on only draw back Ain't no bathrooms!! So that could be a little hard thank God I don't really drink so that was an issue for me until we left. lol I'm sure there's a lot of cute little hidden gems in the park where you could have your private party, but check this one out pretty cool and it's big enough where they were playing dodgeball which was some kind of drinking game they made up it was pretty funny they had great time.

My friends and I had an impromptu picnic at Doughboy Meadow on a warm and sunny afternoon. I am…read morelooking forward to going back again with my 2 year old. Parking was easy to find and Stow Lake is a short walk from the meadow. No ants or bug bites... Just gophers

According to Presidio's map it's 1.5 miles but that also includes the Ecology trail, El Polin…read moreSpring and starting at Crissy Field Beach. By itself it's much shorter. Tennessee Hollow is a path along a watershed and it's better in the winter when there is water in the creek. There's a parking lot off Presidio Blvd that faces the trail. Parking $2.50 per hour. This is nice place to sit in the car with lunch while looking at open space. The main part of the specific Tennessee Hollow is the path between Presidio and Lincoln then cross the street between Lincoln and Gorgas. There are a lot of birds, plants, and flowers in the watershed. I'd recommend going to the Tunnel Tops park afterwards.

** The following review reflects my experience DURING the COVID-19 pandemic. **…read more I don't know what a 'hollow' is, but then again, I don't understand what a lot of things mean. I'm assuming Tennessee Hollow refers to the valley that this trail follows in the Presidio. Otherwise it's my brain that must be hollow because I have no explanation for the Tennessee part of the name. All I know is that it's a two-mile route that I walked north to south and back again. I started at the Crissy Field Marsh on the Golden Gate Promenade. That's where I crossed a couple of footbridges through the newly excavated Quartermaster Reach Marsh (photo: https://bit.ly/3cyrZ51). There wasn't much to see here yet except the underpass of the Presidio Parkway. I eventually made it to Lovers' Lane Bridge which didn't strike me as a spot for a romantic tryst (photo: https://bit.ly/3eIdnmr). I walked along the residential MacArthur Avenue until I found myself at the legendary El Polin Spring. Lots of kids were frolicking around the stone wells (photo: https://bit.ly/2PYDGdH). I climbed up to the Ecology Trail passing by a redwood grove (photo: https://bit.ly/38EjX9Y) and made my way back by taking a detour through the Main Post. It was a pleasant walk, quite scenic in parts though heavy on pavement for some stretches, but a good way to get acquainted with this hollow...or maybe it's a watershed. It doesn't matter because I don't know what 'watershed' means either. RELATED - Up for a hike? Here's a collection of trails I've walked and reviewed: https://bit.ly/2OrC8nUl

Presidio Visitor Center is one of those stops that are necessary. Besides the cool store with great…read moreproducts (souvenirs, books and etc), they have learning center and also the whole area is filled with boards, history displays (From Ohlone Native Americans, Spanish colonial times, US military history and etc), images, videos, large scale maps and explanations about every piece or place in SF and also very knowledgeable people work in this spot. So, stop by get your free map and set your plan where you want to see and get the full info you need from the employees. They are very helpful. The Parking isnt free so make sure you pay or even if you dont see sign be aware that there is no free parking in this area. Its wheelchair accessible and public restrooms...

The Presidio Visitor Center is a neat place to visit to learn about the Presidio's history,…read morecontributions and relevance to the SF Bay, and to understand how much of the acreage has been repurposed. My pictures are a reflection of the "area" itself, not the actual visitor center, but still relevant to the area.

This is the strangest park I've ever seen. I'm not sure that you can actually call this place a…read morepark... it's more accurately a 100X100 foot plot of land with overgrown trees, trash scattered about, and one single park bench in on the Northern end that looks like a great place to be shanghaied or given the shocker by an unsuspecting drifter. However, that's one of the things I dig the most about San Francisco. Instead of wasting one single square foot of land, they make it a park. While you probably won't ever see families celebrating birthdays or a group of dudes playing a game of flag football, it's still an area of land that can be enjoyed by anyone in the city at any time. It'd be swell if some of those tax dollars could to go keeping this place nice, though. Perhaps I'll grab a cup of coffee with ol' Gav Dogg and give him a piece of my mind.

Hey everyone! We are trying to get community input on this space to see what you want it to become…read more We are thinking community garden. Let us know! http://sfminipark.wordpress.com/